True Patriotism. True America.

For my patriot friends:

If you're a conservative, you might feel defeated, amongst many other emotions, heading into today.

Sick. Betrayed. Pissed. Super pissed. Annoyed. Dejected. Frustrated. Worried. Disheartened. Confused. Suspicious. Sarcastic. Snide. Contemptuous. Pre-emptively broke (it's a thing).

There are more. Very few of them good.

It's very, very difficult for me to not have an incredible amount of anger and bitterness towards the people that asked for this. That chose this. That chose this future for my kids. For my family. For my life. For my country. 

There are a few (very few) good feelings/emotions though, that I'm clinging to in this chaos.

First and always foremost, my faith. I recently saw a post that said something along the lines of  'if your trust lies in the government, it can feel like the end of times. If your trust lies in God, it feels like Thursday.' Its, admittedly, tough at times to let go, freefall, and believe that God will catch you, but truly in these times, he's the only one who will.

Second, patriotism. In my heart of hearts, I know that the America WE know and love is still here. She's all around us and I steadfastly hold on to the conviction that her true patriots who are guided by the principles she was founded on will find a way to restore her to her shining glory.

Emboldened. Inspired. I feel a strong will to fight. Not with violence. I'd never sink to the level of those who all of 2020 destroyed our cities and businesses in the name of BLM or those on January 6th who besmirched the very name and ideals of our country by storming the capitol (although for my family I'd fight like a shecat. or wolf? shewolf? Bearcat? I'm obviously not too familiar with the expression). Inspired, though, to fight for what is RIGHT. To battle with every breath I have for the original values, principles, and plain old rock of the constitution from 1776. Not what's easy or popular or dished out by ALL the talking media heads and their cronies. 

I mean that probably sounds a little nutty. I'm okay with that. Maybe it's time to be a little nutty (not violent--See?? We have to constantly asterisk that because of the precedent set by the left). Common sense. Realism. Pragmatism. Practicality. Rationale. All the the things conservatives pride themselves on are not understood by the extreme left. In fact they straight up abhor it. If it makes sense, they want no part of it.

Ope, I'm drifting. See, so bitter. 

Rising above...

And I'm back. Where was I? Oh yes. Good feelings.

Unity. Not the sanctimonious, greasy, yucky "unity" being spewed by the left, but an immense sense of community with the grassroots conservative movement. A solidarity. A silent understanding. The power of those masses reassures me.

Faith. Patriotism. Inspiration. CommUNITY. That's all I got. I'm clinging to those today like it's the last margarita in Vegas.

I hope you can, too.